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Caretaker prime minister installed in Pakistan before general election

A former judge has been unveiled as an interim prime minister as Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a coup in 1999, returned to country after four years of self-imposed exile. Musharraf wants to make a political comeback and contest the election

A FORMER judge, Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, was today unveiled as Pakistan's
caretaker prime minister, as Pervez Musharraf, the former ruler of the
country, was whisked away by security forces on his return to Pakistan.

Pakistan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on May 11 — the first
transition between democratically elected governments in the country's
history.

Pakistan's election commission today announced the decision to appoint Khoso,
84, as caretaker prime minister in the run-up to the election.

Khoso served as the chief justice to the high court in southwest Baluchistan
province and also briefly served as the acting governor of the province. He
was one of two candidates nominated by the country’s outgoing ruling party,
the Pakistan People's party. Two other candidates were nominated by the main
opposition Pakistan Muslim League (N).

Musharraf, 69, is seeking a possible political comeback in defiance of
judicial probes and death threats from Taliban